eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious

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Etymology[edit]

An early 20th-century American nonsensical coinage. One of a number of fanciful words noted in a series of 1914 articles by Louise Pound,[1] all of which were (according to the author) "known to at least six people, coming generally from different sections of the state" of Nebraska.

Adjective[edit]

eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious (comparative more eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious, superlative most eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious)

  1. (nonce word) Very good, very fine.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Louise Pound (1914) Dialect Notes[1], volume 4